1
: a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
We ordered a carafe of wine with the meal.
2
: a usually glass container used to hold and serve coffee
Examples of carafe in a Sentence
We drank a carafe of wine.
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The effects of more and more alcohol in the gut can be profound, for the gut is the body’s carafe.
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Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 9 Jan. 2025
Moka Pot The moka pot is a metal carafe that brews coffee or espresso on the stovetop with the help of pressurized steam.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2025
Filtration is as easy as placing the immersion chamber atop Oxo’s glass carafe, and waiting 15 minutes.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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This steel countertop drawer provides extra space to stash my utensils while also serving as a pedestal or shelf for other kitchen storage—a water carafe, perhaps, or your fruit basket, or bottles of oil.
—Emily Johnson, Bon Appétit, 5 Dec. 2024
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Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 9 Jan. 2025
Moka Pot The moka pot is a metal carafe that brews coffee or espresso on the stovetop with the help of pressurized steam.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2025
Filtration is as easy as placing the immersion chamber atop Oxo’s glass carafe, and waiting 15 minutes.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
Tower Countertop Drawer with Pull-Out Shelf $160 Yamazaki Home
$160 $136
Amazon
$160
West Elm
This steel countertop drawer provides extra space to stash my utensils while also serving as a pedestal or shelf for other kitchen storage—a water carafe, perhaps, or your fruit basket, or bottles of oil.
—Emily Johnson, Bon Appétit, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Carafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carafe. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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